Last week I was rearranging some things in my kitchen and I came across my great-grandmother Ruth’s recipe for chocolate cake, scribbled on a yellowing index card. My middle name is Ruth, in honor of ...

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1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter a 9-inch cake pan and line it with a 9-inch round of parchment paper. Butter the parchment paper. 2. In a bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt ...

I love simple, old-fashioned cakes like this. There s just something so quaint about a simple sheet cake that makes it perfect as an afternoon treat alongside a cup of tea, or to serve to company ...

Dense, yet tender, this dark chocolate buttermilk pound cake is quite the treat. Buttermilk and butter make the pound cake ...

"Nothing beats this cake's rich, buttery flavor," says the author of Secrets of the Southern Table. “Nothing beats this cake’s rich, buttery flavor,” says the author of Secrets of the Southern Table.

When comparing whole milk and buttermilk, we know that buttermilk is thicker than regular milk, and it has a tart, somewhat pungent flavor. But what is buttermilk, exactly? Essentially, it's a ...

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